Kevin Leahy is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who plays for the Ballymun Kickhams club and, formerly, for the Dublin junior team.

Playing career

Leahy opened his 2007 Junior campaign with Dublin by scoring a total of 0-10 (0-9f) against

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in the quarter final of the

Leinster Junior Football Championship The Leinster Junior Football Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council. The competition began in 1906, ...

. Dublin then progressed to the semi-final against neighbours

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. Leahy continued with his impressive scoring for Dublin by getting 0-8 (0-3f, 0-1 '45'). This leaves him with a total of 0-18 (0-12f, 0-1 '45') in the 2007 Junior championship. Dublin meet

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in the final as they beat last years champions Meath by 2-14 to 2-09. Leahy continued with his scoring but his four points weren't enough to seal the victory against

in the final. Wexford beat Dublin by 1-10 to 1-08 at Wexford Park. Kevin won the 2012 Dublin Senior Football Championship with Ballymun Kickhams against Kilmacud Crokes at Parnell Park.

References

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